Isabel Barletta (1911-2025)
The Gerontology Research Group is saddened to learn of the passing of Isabel Barletta of Argentina. News was recently shared via social media that she had passed away – confirmed as May 12 2025, aged 113 years, 242 days. Isabel…
Inah Canabarro Lucas, WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING PERSON, dies at 116
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is saddened to report the death of Mrs. Inah Canabarro Lucas, the WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING PERSON whose age is recognized by Guinness World Records, sadly died in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on 30 April 2025 at the…
Okagi Hayashi, the oldest living person in Japan, dies at 115
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is saddened to report the death of Mrs. Okagi Hayashi, the oldest living person in Japan, who sadly died of heart failure in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan at 8:39 AM on 26 April 2025 at…
Doyenne of Switzerland passes away at 111
The GRG is sad to report the passing of Anna Furrer-Omlin of Switzerland. Born Martha Anna Omlin in Sachseln, Obwalden, Switzerland on June 23 1913, she mostly went by Anna. In 1949 Anna married Ambros Furrer and went on to…
113-year-old Holocaust survivor passes away
The Gerontology Research Group is saddened to report the death of Rose Girone, formerly Mannheim, nee Raubvogel, on February 24 2025. She was 113 years, 42 days old. Rose was born January 13 1912 in Janów, Austria-Hungary (now Ivano-Frankove, Yavoriv…
